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Yomatius

@yomatius.bsky.social
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Political Scientist, geek before it was cool to be one. Favorite quote these days is from Porco Rosso by Miyazaki's -"better a pig than a fascist" / "Antes cerdo que fascista" Banner image "Quebradas del Norte" by Fefo Bouvier. fefobouvier.com/en

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 07/08/2026
Hello local business, your AI ads are costing you customers: aftermath.site/ai-poster-ad-f...
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Yomatius @yomatius.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
#Ferrari, no! all marbles on Hamilton now
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Yomatius @yomatius.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Lewis Hamilton for a brilliant P2! #Forzaferrari #F1
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Yomatius @yomatius.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
This is fascinating.
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 04/02/2026
Staff at the Center for Victims of Torture said that some conditions their clients face in the United States would qualify them for their services had they happened overseas. That includes clients who were recently detained by federal agents.
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Asylum-seekers at the Center for Victims of Torture say ICE reminds them of what they escaped
The torture rehabilitation clinic has pivoted to helping people process trauma from Operation Metro Surge.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
It’s just racism. There’s no immigration problem
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Yomatius @yomatius.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
This. The whole institution is rotten to the core. Well said, @attackerman.bsky.social
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ICTJ @theictj.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Today marks one year since the fall of the Assad regime in Syria. How has ICTJ been involved in advancing transitional justice in the country this year? Learn more here!
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Yomatius @yomatius.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Good reminder from @karenattiah.bsky.social
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi. I hired and worked with Jamal for a year. www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
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CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
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Yomatius @yomatius.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Good one by the Pope.
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Yomatius @yomatius.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Lovely poem, happy to repost it here.
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Yomatius @yomatius.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Channeling Aristotle and John Locke right there. Very well done.
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Yomatius @yomatius.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
This sums it up.
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Yomatius @yomatius.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Indeed.
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Yomatius @yomatius.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Democracy dies in darkness
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Yomatius @yomatius.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
LOL
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Yomatius @yomatius.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
👇 sadly relevant these days, by professor @alexhinton.bsky.social
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Yomatius @yomatius.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Word.
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Yomatius @yomatius.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Rikers Island is a disgrace to all New Yorkers. Should have been closed years ago. I am counting on a major that has the stones to address and end these senseless tragedies for good. Cannot agree more with this.👇
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Heather Antos @heatherantos.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Life in 2025:
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Yomatius @yomatius.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Everyone knew this was a terrible idea...
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 20/08/2025
Work day listening: Tom Morello’s ‘F-ck ICE’ Playlist Featuring the White Stripes, Bruce Springsteen, Public Enemy
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Hear Tom Morello's 'F-ck ICE' Playlist Featuring the White Stripes, Bruce Springsteen, Public Enemy
Tom Morello has assembled a 65-song playlist called 'Fuck ICE' featuring the White Stripes, Bruce Springsteen, Public Enemy, and more.
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Journal of Democracy @jodemocracy.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Young people matter for democracy. Here's why. (A thread 👇🧵; image credit: SIMON MAINA/AFP via Getty Images) 1/6
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ICTJ @theictj.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
#COLOMBIA | ICTJ deeply laments the death of presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay and sends its sincere condolences to his family and loved ones. For the sake of future generations, we have an obligation to eradicate violence from politics once and for all.
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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
"Get it all on record now. Get the films. Get the witnesses. Because somewhere down the track of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened." – Dwight D. Eisenhower, Germany, 1945
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Yomatius @yomatius.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
"Misunderstanding Democratic Backsliding' is a great paper. Congrats to Carothers and @brendanhartnett.bsky.social , they did a great job. Very much worth reading!
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/08/2025
The Trump regime has removed sections 9 and 10 of the constitution from its website, which include Habeas Corpus, congressional appropriations, and other states rifhts constitution.congress.gov/constitution/
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Fiona "Fi" Webster 🌎🌍🌏 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Ed Wexler @edwexler.bsky.social
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Fiona "Fi" Webster 🌎🌍🌏 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Joe Heller @joeheller.bsky.social
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Yomatius @yomatius.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
#Ferrari, why?
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Hend Amry @libyaliberty.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Starvation is also being used as a weapon of war in Sudan. Famine and death is on the rise and largely absent from the media. news.un.org/en/story/202...
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Sudan gripped by deadly crisis as hunger, disease and heat intensify
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) raised the alarm on Wednesday over the rising toll of hunger, disease and displacement in various conflict-ridden parts of Sudan.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/07/2025
The fact we have secret police whisking people off the streets doesn’t get enough attention. It ain’t normal and we’re further down the road to authoritarianism than you think.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
This isn’t just a bill. It’s a fundamental restructuring of American society in which the poor are abandoned, and “immigration jails” outrank healthcare. Billions taken from one and given to the other.
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Yomatius @yomatius.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Same playbook
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Yomatius @yomatius.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
AI assistants are the new Clippy...
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Ailantd Sikowsky @ailantd.com · 03/06/2025
The invisible crime.
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Yomatius @yomatius.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Hilarious and super timely. No notes.
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Human Rights Index 💙 @humanrightsindex.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Alarming decline in U.S. press freedom. 📉⚠️ The United States has dropped to 57th place in the 2025 Press Freedom Index by RSF — behind Sierra Leone. 🤐 #PressFreedom #HumanRights
A scatter plot titled “World press freedom rankings” based on the 2025 Reporters Without Borders (RSF) index. The graph shows the press freedom situation of countries grouped by region: Africa, Asia-Oceania, Middle East, Americas, and Europe. Each country is represented by a dot plotted along a horizontal axis, where 0 indicates the worst press freedom and 100 the best. Countries are color-coded based on five categories: "Very serious" (dark red), "Difficult" (red), "Problematic" (orange), "Satisfactory" (yellow), and "Good" (green).

Key highlights:

Norway ranks highest (near 100, green), followed by Estonia and Netherlands.

United States appears in the "Problematic" category, ranked around 57, just behind Sierra Leone.

Russia, Iran, North Korea, China, and Eritrea are among the worst-ranked, in the "Very serious" zone.

Most countries in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East are clustered in "Difficult" and "Very serious" zones.

Large areas of the world now face significant restrictions on press freedom, with more than three-quarters of countries categorized as "problematic" or worse.


Source: RSF, graph created by AFP.
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ICTJ @theictj.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
#Syria | ICTJ & Bridges of Truth are holding community dialogues across Syria to engage residents about the 14-year conflict and its impact, hear their views on transitional justice, and determine how best to achieve peace and deliver justice from their perspectives.
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nicky woolf @nickywoolf.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
keep coming back to this Hannah Arendt line from Origins of Totalitarianism:
“In an ever-changing, incomprehensible world the masses had reached the point where they would, at the same time, believe everything and nothing, …under such conditions, one could make people believe the most fantastic statements one day, and trust that if the next day they were given irrefutable proof of their falsehood, they would take refuge in cynicism; instead of deserting the leaders who had lied to them, they would protest that they had known all along that the statement was a lie and would admire the leaders for their superior tactical cleverness.”
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Yomatius @yomatius.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Sinners is a great movie. I am so glad I went to the theater to see this one. Very much recommended.
A picture of a movie poster for the film 'Sinners'. The image shows a black man with a gun in his hand, and on the background is the the sun.
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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Barry Blitt’s first 100 days cover for the New Yorker.
May 5, 2025 cover of the New Yorker. 

Expository text:

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2025-05-05
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
CARTOON OF THE DAY 🇺🇸 (From @MatttDavies)
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Yomatius @yomatius.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Sinners is a great movie, so much worth going to the theater. Don't want to spoil anything, I even recommend not watching any trailers for it, you will enjoy it more. Loved the music and the casting, cinematography, the energy Best time at the movies in the year so far #sinners
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Yomatius @yomatius.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
On point. 👇
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The Economist @economist.com · 03/04/2025
Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq
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William Pietri @williampietri.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/03/2025
In the 15+ years people have been promoting blockchains, this flowchart remains undefeated.
Projector screen showing a flowchart with two boxes connected by an arrow. The top one says, "Do I need a Blockchain?" The bottom one says, "No."
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Yomatius @yomatius.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
"Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it." Excellent video from @wired.com featuring history professor @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social talking about fascism and, honestly, doing a fantastic job at it. Please check it out and share accordingly. youtu.be/vK6fALsenmw?...
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History Professor Answers Dictator Questions | Tech Support | WIRED
YouTube video by WIRED
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕🇺🇸
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